Library

My name is Deb McNulty and I am the
librarian at Willett School. Please feel free to email me with any
questions or concerns you may have at Dmcnulty@attleboroschools.com.

Library Objectives

To make the library a warm, inviting and interesting place to visit

To help students develop listening and discussion skills

To teach the proper care of books

To help students develop an appreciation of literature

To introduce, review and reinforce library terms and concepts

About our Library
Our library is dedicated to the memory of Christine F. Johnson MacPherson.

Mrs. MacPherson was a
student and student teacher at Willett, a teacher in the Attleboro
school system for 23 years, as well as a much beloved teacher here at
Willett School.

She loved books…reading at
home, reading to her students in her class, choosing books she knew
children would enjoy. Mrs. MacPherson worked both as a classroom
teacher and a reading specialist. Fostering a love of reading was
important to Mrs. MacPherson! It is only fitting that our library is
named in her honor.

Materials

Over 11,500 fiction and non-fiction books

A growing selection of Spanish and bilingual books

On-line library search

Access to thousands of Accelerated Reader quizzes

Policies
Our
library services all classes at Willett School. Students come to the
library with their classes, on their assigned day. Books are checked
out for a period of one week and should be returned the following week
when the class visits the library again.

Checkout
Students in
grades 1 - 4 may check out 1 book during their regularly scheduled
library time. All books should be returned the following week. A
student may renew a book as often as needed, unless another student has a
hold on the material.

Overdues
When an item
becomes overdue, a note will be sent home with the student. Students
may not check out another book, until the overdue book has been
returned.

Lost/Damaged Materials
If
an item becomes lost or damaged, it is the responsibility of the
student to pay to have it replaced. Charges will be reimbursed if the
lost item is found.

Accelerated Reader
The
Accelerated Reader program is designed to help children improve their
reading comprehension. Students read books that are part of the
Accelerated Reader program and then take a multiple choice quiz about
the book on the computer. The books are assigned reading levels and
children are encouraged to choose books at their current level. As
reading improves, students may then choose books with higher reading
levels.

The more a child reads, the better a child
becomes at reading! Students have access to thousands of Accelerated
Reader Quizzes through our web-based program.